THE VICTORS VILLAGE | coriolanus snow

Rebels

chapter 20
                            Rebels

                Annabelle clarke

I was running..
With a Backpack on my back, I was running away. But I didn't wanna leave coriolanus but if I really had to? I would. I may hate him for cheating on me but my heart was still beating for him. And I don't wanna know what the capitol would do to him if they found out that he killed somebody.

I wasn't ready to Just let him go and so I made my way to his camp and I snuck into it don't even ask me how because it involved ALOT of bribing and sneaking around.

I shake awake coriolanus and his eyes widen as he sits up quickly now when he spots me.

"Annabelle? what are you—" i cut him off in a hushed but quick tone. "We have to go, the capitol is gonna try and get us back tomorrow morning— we have to go come on!"

He looks at me, confused. "But thats' great news?" Is this guy serious?? I wonder.

"What?" I ask he suddenly has huge grin on his face and then he places his hands on my cheek. "We can go back to the capitol why would you wanna run away? We'll get rich and hell, maybe even famous considering your performance in the hunger games! Why throw that away?" I slap his hands off of my cheeks and I can see the frustration on his face. In that moment I realize that me and him are total opposites.

One wants freedom and the other wants Power.

"They can easily take away that money and fame as soon as the next hunger games come around. And why would you wanna give up your freedom just so you could go back to the capitol? Besides what about the guns— if they find them they will arrest you or worse hang you no matter what district you're in. If you choose to stay here go right ahead but I'm leaving; with or without you."  Coriolanus stays quiet and I can read him like a book hes clearly considering it.

What if he says No? What if he snitches on me and I'll be the one to get hung? What if this is our end?

to my surprise I see him slowly nod.
"Okay, Okay I'll come with you, Annabelle." He agrees and I let out a sigh of relief. "You're sure?" I ask and he lets out a sure yes.

"Okay—..come on we have to go." I get up from the ground and he gets up from his bed. "I have everything we need; food, water and a few clothes. But it won't last for that long so we might have to stop at the cabin in the woods to Fish."

And after a few minutes we got out of the camp quietly surprisingly waking nobody up. We were basically silent the whole way, We didn't know what to say to eachother.

And I also Didn't really wanna talk to him anyway, Of course I Haven't forgiven him I'm just making sure he stays alive.

"Annabelle?" I suddenly hear him say and I look up from the ground and right at him. "Yea?"

"I just..wanted to apologize for yesterday. I don't know how it happended and It really didn't mean anything! My heart only beats for you, Annabelle clarke." His words sound sincere but he should have thought about that before cheating on me. But those beautiful blue eyes are staring into mine and I can see the hope he has in them; hoping that I forgive him.

"I don't forgive you." I coldly say and the words roll off of my tounge like poison. "I didn't get you to come with me because I forgive you, I got you to come with me because I didn't want you to be strung up like a rebel and honestly? I shouldn't care if you were strung up but here I am! Caring."

Coriolanus stayed quiet and I continue walking my back hurting from the backpack. I focus on the fact that I left my family and friends without anything: no note, no letter, No memories of me. I had taken most of my stuff in hopes they would forget me after a while; wishful thinking.